Hurdle

For many years, a farmer had to plough around a large rock in his field. He would curse the rock, every time he damaged his plough on it. Though he tried to be better at avoiding the rock, he ended up breaking yet another plough. Remembering all the trouble the hurdle had caused him through the years, he finally decided to do something about it. 

When he put the crowbar under the rock, he was surprised to discover that it was only about six inches thick and that he could break it up easily with a sledgehammer. As he was carting the pieces away he also carried the smile of realisation of how easy it would have been to get rid of that hurdle sooner… if he had only tried!

We know of how the stream defeats the rock with its persistence… how the drop hollows the rock with constant falling... how the stone cutter with determined chiselling gives shape to huge rocks. But, perseverance would never happen if one did not choose to try. And the reality is that most hurdles in our route may not be as big or as tough as we imagine them to be. But we would only know when we try! 

Most of the time, the hurdles in our path seem larger just because we dread the bigger obstacles. But, those who are seized by the passion, to overcome every obstacle, find that not all rocks in their course are overwhelming. Somebody who shirks from preliminary effort would find the simplest of tasks to seem overpowering. It is said well that ‘never give up until you try’…

The hurdle in our way may not be what it appears
Let’s BE BETTER at overcoming premature failure fears…

- Pravin K. Sabnis

Goa, India.